SRAC ARCHIVES (This is a work in progress)

The original SRAC website offered an extensive library of correspondence,
petitions, press releases, court pleadings, photographs and news articles
gathered since 1995.  Many of these materials are now incorporated in the
"NYC Shelter History" section of the new website. However, to ensure that all
materials from the prior website remain available as important reference
documents, they are now being added to this ARCHIVE section, assembled in
chronological order.



1992:
New York Newsday, Doggy Toilets Don't Flush

1993:
ASPCA PICKS BONE WITH ITSELF
RFP

1994:
The AC&C board meeting minutes prior to formation
Mayor announces the formation of the AC&C
Certificate of Incorporation of the AC&C
Part 1 of NYC's initial contract with AC&C
By Laws
New York Newsday; 'Animal Auschwitz'
New York Daily News, Council is upset about pet killer role
The report by Carl Friedman and Kenneth White
Board meeting minutes

1995:
The AC&C board meeting minutes
NY Daily News article on Ciao the lost dog
NY Daily News: A collie is put to sleep
New York Daily News, Beloved pooch dead in mix up  
New York Newsday, A Dog's Life -- And Death  
HSUS Guidelines for Shelters
Exec Defends Pet Shelters' Death Toll
Animal Activists: City is 'Inhumane'
Dogged Animal Shelter Accidentally Kills Again
Letter by Deputy Mayor Peter Powers
A Society Spurns Death for Animals
Even at New Pound, City Kills Strays With Abandon

1996:
The AC&C board meeting minutes part 1
The AC&C board meeting minutes part 2
SRAC's letter to NYC Conflicts of Interest Board
Mayors letter to SRAC
AC&C Internal Control Manual
SRAC petition letter
The proposal for a free shelter evaluation
New York Magazine Article
THE CITY VOLUNTEERS BARRED FROM HELPING N.Y.C.'S CAGED POUND PUPS
Animal sites face ultimatum
SRAC,  Sanitation Commissioner and AC&C Board Chairman

1997:
1997 - 1999 Budget
The AC&C board meeting minutes
Adoption Guidelines
City Council PR after the dismissals of two AC&C board members
Randy Mastro fires  AC&C board members Louise Murray & Rosemary Joyce
Third Amendment to the City's contract with the AC&C
Fourth Amendment to the City's contract with the AC&C
Animal advocates get referendum on ballot
ASPCA letter to the public
Elizabth Forel's analysis of the statistics published by AC&C and the DOH
AC&C Appoints Interim Executive Director
City Council brief on the AC&C contract
Letter from Carlos Cueva to the City Clerk
Health Commissioner responding to a citizen
Daily News article, Animal-care board dogfight
Critics attack an overburdened city agency where . . .
New York Newsday, Critics Get Fired Fast
SRAC's lawsuit against AC&C: Freedom of Information and Open Meetings laws
SRAC's petition against AC&C: Freedom of Information and Open Meetings laws
Press release issued by City Council Member Kathreen E. Freed
Animal rights protesters jeer Giuliani
SRAC's letter to Lia Albo AC&C letter to IDA
PR release of Ruth W. Messinger  
Randy Mastro answer to a letter
PR from the Office of the Mayor
City Council Member A. Gifford Miller
Oral testimony of Louise Murray, D.V.M.
Animal Agency's Books Targeted
City Overwhelmed By Strays of Execution
Four 'tails' of woe - two with happy endings
City Shelters: No Cat's Meow
City Council Member Jerome X PR
Pet peeve stirs bid to put animal agency to sleep
City's pet killer-critics
Push for Animal Affairs
SRAC Letter
Complete resolutions to the AC&C contract
NYS Supreme Court ruling disallowing the  Animal Welfare & Shelter Reform
ballot initiative to be put before the voters
City Shelter Director Steps Down
SRAC Verified Petition
Kathryn Freed's letter to the NY State Attorney General

1998:
Budget
Contract renewal
Contract annex A
Contract annex B
Resolutions passed by the AC&C  Board of Directors
The AC&C board meeting minutes
Adoption Guidelines  
SRAC's letter to the NYS Attorney General about the AC&C
Controller's audit part 1
Controller's audit part 2
Statement of a  former AC&C Volunteer Coordinator
Board Meeting
City hall hit for 500G in bias lawsuit
SRAC's letter to the board
SRAC PR About The  AC&C board  
AC&C Response to Helter Skelter
Daily News article about city killing a dog by accident
Fur flies over dog death at shelter
Peregrine Falcon died in the Manhattan shelter
Staten Islanders Come to the Aid of Dog Found Shot in the Back
Newsday, Dog Tales Without Happy Endings
FAITH ELLIOTT Videotaped statement
State wants to know why falcon died in city care
City blasted in falcon's death
Fowl Play While in Custody
CITY COUNCIL
Fur shame, shelter told Halloween ad called frightful
HSUS evaluation teams bios
HSUS evaluation team report
The HSUS Report Part 1
The HSUS Report Part 2
The HSUS Report Part 3
The HSUS Report Part 4
The HSUS Report Part 5
The HSUS Report Part 6
The HSUS Report Part 7
The HSUS Report Part 8
The HSUS Report Part 9
SRAC's response to the HSUS report
Agency's hush pay blasted
Mary: Do Moore for city critters
Marilyn Haggarty-Blohm and SRAC exchange letters
New York Magazine Article
Letter people received in response to the NY Magazine article
Signs of animal shelter's overhaul
JEFF PIONTEK
Rudy barks in support of pay/spay pet policy
Outrage as pound charges nearly $300 to get dogs back - or else!
Animal shelters big strayed on own pet license
Pet Advocates Rip Animal Shelter Fees
Our Town: TAKE ANIMALS SERIOUSLY
Stats of the City
Pet shelter tagged for no-license adoptions

1999:

1999 Budget
Testimony of NEAL COHEN, M.D. Commissioner
The AC&C board meeting minutes
Our Town series
NYC Daily News: Cops to cage dogs
NYC Daily News, Rudy -  Dog deaths cop error
ASPCA letter to the Police Commissioner
IDA
The decision of NY State Supreme Court Justice Diane Lebedeff
NYPD has new animal-moving rules
MEMO IN OPPOSITION to SRAC's Bill
SRAC's response to the Opposition Memos filed by the City and the CACC
PET PEEVE WITH POLICE
ANIMAL HOUSE A Queens Farce
Dogs die in cops' trunk
STATE OF NEW YORK s5292
NYC Spay/Neuter Law
SPAY/NEUTER FACT SHEET
Police Smother Dogs in Stifling Patrol Car Trunk
STAFF MANUAL
Letter of resignation of AC&C board member Todd Davis

2000:
Budget
Minutes for the AC&C board of directors
The complete text of the  bill that passed

2001:
FERRER ON ANIMAL RIGHTS
Biograpy of CACC's newest board member, JANE KOPELMAN
A questionnaire  sent to Mayoral candidates
Questionnaire distributed to the candidates for NYC Mayor
Chickens Have Their Necks Wrung by NYC Animal Control Organization
The Washington Animal Rescue League's offer

2002:
Budget
An article reporting the audit findings; neglect and abuse of animals
AC&C  response to the audit
SRAC letter to the AC&C board
The effect of budget  cuts on the AC&C
By Laws - Board of directors
News One report on abuse at the AC&C
Comptroller's audit PR
NYC Daily News: Death to Poochies
NY Daily News, Few shelter pets survive
NYC POLICE KEEP THE PUBLIC LOCKED OUT OF CACC BOARD MEETING
Furor over rabies mixup
NY City Council Speaker Gifford Miller's Letter to Mayor Bloomberg re AC&C
SRAC letter calling for the resignation of 2 board members
No shelter open to take dogs at night
Animal Rights Groups Assail City Shelters
SHELTER ABUSES ANIMALS
Comptroller Criticizes New York City's Animal Shelters
Problems at the Pound
Probe rips city animal shelters
SRAC's open letter to Mayor Michael Bloomberg
BLOOMBERG TO CITY STRAYS: TOUGH LUCK
Animal sites face ultimatum
Activists Demand City Do More For Stray Animals
Will Changing City Rules Help or Hurt Animals in its Shelter?

2003:
NY Times article about Boks
Who to contact
'No kill' animal advocate will spread concept to NYC  
Police Official Is Charged With Fraud
NYPD's Commish of Porn
Christine Quinn letter to Dr. Thomas Frieden
SHELTERS SWELL WITH LONELY PETS

2004:
TO SUE CITY OVER ANIMAL SHELTER BOARD
Top Ten Reasons Municipal Animal Management in NYC is a Failure
Nathan Winograd

2006:
By-laws
SRAC sues over conflict of interest





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The 1998 poster that was  
highly criticised              
     Jane Kopelman